Duo charged after high-speed chase through Morris, Essex counties

EAST HANOVER — Two Essex County men are facing charges following a high-speed chase that started in Morris County, but ended in a foot pursuit in North Caldwell, police said.

Two men who were in a stolen van led officers on a chase from East Hanover to North Caldwell, police said.File photo

East Hanover Police Sgt. Ken McCoy saw a white 2012 Ford van commit a moving violation while traveling on Ridgedale Avenue at 11:23 p.m., and, after running a license plate check, determined the vehicle had been reported stolen out of West Orange Friday, Detective Sgt. Jack Ambrose said in an email.

The driver of the vehicle refused to stop after the officer activated his lights and sped off into Parsippany, Ambrose said.

The pursuit went through Parsippany and Montville before traveling east on Bloomfield Avenue through West Caldwell and Caldwell, Ambrose said. The vehicle hit speeds of 80 to 90 mph during the pursuit, he said.

While in Caldwell, the vehicle abruptly turned onto Mountain Avenue and entered North Caldwell, before turning onto a dead-end street, Ambrose said.